Keller v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

In October 2000, plaintiff filed this product liability action alleging that working with defendant’s asbestos products had damaged his lungs. Defendant moved for summary judgment, claiming that a two-year statute of limitations barred plaintiffs claim. Defendant contended that plaintiff had known of the possibility that asbestos was the cause of his pulmonary problems since the mid-1980s and that plaintiff had referred to his “asbestos lungs” when seeking social security disability and workers’ compensation benefits in 1994 and 1995.

The trial court granted defendant’s motion, ruling as a…